Psalms 18:25

"With the merciful thou wilt show thyself merciful;

With the perfect man thou wilt show thyself perfect;

With the pure thou wilt show thyself pure;

And with the perverse thou wilt show thyself froward.

For thou wilt save the afflicted people;

But the haughty eyes thou wilt bring down.

For thou wilt light my lamp:

Jehovah my God will lighten my darkness.

For by thee I run upon a troop;

And by my God do I leap over a wall."

"Thou wilt show thyself froward." This word means "perverse," indicating that God would show himself to the wicked as an enemy, an antagonist, or adversary. This, of course, is just the opposite of the way it is with the merciful, the perfect, and the pure.

God's lighting his lamp is a reference to the constant enlightenment available to the faithful in God's Word.

The ability to "leap over a wall," according to McCaw, may be, "A reference to the incident in 2 Samuel 5:6-10."[21]